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  • noun Plural form of populariser.

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Examples

  • I do try to hack my way, no pun intended, through some of their papers, but I really depend upon science writers and popularisers who report the latest depressing findings.

    Archive 2009-12-01 2009

  • Ever since, he has had to communicate through his computer, which is painfully slow, so it's ironic that he has still managed to become one of the great science popularisers of our age.

    Stephen Hawking at 70: still the brightest star in the scientific universe 2012

  • The social impact of Darwin's On the Origin of Species 1859 produced a mixed response from the women popularisers.

    The Royal Society's lost women scientists Richard Holmes 2010

  • They also played a vital part as translators, illustrators and interpreters and, most particularly, as "scientific popularisers".

    The Royal Society's lost women scientists Richard Holmes 2010

  • Brilliant popularisers like Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett have put the question on the agenda of most of us – and on the bookstalls of the nation.

    Archbishop's Holy Week Lecture: Faith & Science 2008

  • Again, I wonder that Darwinists in general don't feel at least somewhat uneasy that their most promininent popularisers throw up philosophical objections to protect their theory from the universe.

    Demarcation as Politics 2006

  • Bandler & Grinder are the NLP popularisers, if not inventers, I recall that much.

    Hypnosis and color effects in film and tv 2008

  • This movie has been in the making during a very busy time for science popularisers.

    Flock of Dodos -- Yet Another Review. - The Panda's Thumb 2007

  • Ken Millar made the point in his webcast last night that science needs to celebrate its popularisers, - not get sniffy about the likes of Sagan and Jay Gould.

    This view of life - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • As part of his investigation into the “apocalyptic genre” in modern America, Paul Boyer of the University of Wisconsin asks why so many of his fellow Americans are “susceptible” to televangelists and other “popularisers”.

    Archive 2004-12-01 M-mv 2004

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